How to remove the extra forum/FORUMS/ my forum url.

[Ty.W]

I'm trying to remove the /forum/forums/main-forum.2/ and just have /forum/main-forum.2/...

I used the instruction at http://xenforo.com/help/friendly-urls/ and renamed the file but it adds an extra /forums/ to the URL structure of each individual forum for some reason.

Any help?

 

[digitalpoint]

Did you install your forum into an actual "forum" directory? If so, you probably want to install it one directory level up... then you will have http://site.com/forums/main-forum.2/ http://site.com/threads/some-thread.1/ etc...

 

[Jake Bunce]

Please enter your name (Ty.W) on this page so I know you are licensed:

http://xenforo.com/customers/forum-users

Then I can help with your problem.

 

[Ty.W]

Done Jake ...

I'm also a vbulletin user and I must say that getting around this is SOoo much easier even with this simple hangup. The forum is not the main index site but the /forum/ is the forums home page. I want to remove the /forums/ as I don't know where it's coming from.

 

[Eagle]

You can use this add-on to change entries in the routing table; http://xenforo.com/community/resources/route-changer.447/ I think this is a very useful add-on made by Jake Bunce..

 

[RobParker]

Done Jake ...

I'm also a vbulletin user and I must say that getting around this is SOoo much easier even with this simple hangup. The forum is not the main index site but the /forum/ is the forums home page. I want to remove the /forums/ as I don't know where it's coming from.

One of the /forums/ is the directory you've put it in.
The second /forums/ is a route the software uses. You'll also have /threads/, /posts/, etc.

You can either move your installation to another directory (here it's "community") or you can use Jake's route changer to change the second /forums/ to something else.

 

[Jake Bunce]

Thanks for verifying your license. The answers have already been posted... change the directory name or use the route changer addon.

 

[Ty.W]

Thanks guys!

I changed the directory name and everything looks and works perfect now ...

For some reason I was a little confused by the url structure and was expecting /forum/forumtitle.1/thread.1/ type of URLs.

 

[Kintaro]

Thanks for verifying your license. The answers have already been posted... change the directory name or use the route changer addon.

is not possible to remove it completely?

 

[Paul B]

If you want to remove the first instance completely, move the installation to the domain root.

The second one can only be changed, not removed.

 

[Kintaro]

I was interested in the second one. Understood, thank you

 

[Steve8383]

If you want to remove the first instance completely, move the installation to the domain root.....

If I were to do this would I then have a problem with my regular home page? i.e. would index.php in the root cause problems with my index.html file also in the root?

 

[Paul B]

Yes, you can only have one index file in the directory.

A lot of people use third party add-ons to create a home page, which allows XF to be installed in the root.